This coursebook was developed for self-study training and will serve to assist you to prepare for the high-stakes CIW Web Foundations Associate exam. Along with comprehensive instructional text and objectives checklists, this coursebook provides easy-to-follow hands-on labs and a glossary of course-specific terms.

Course Mastery is an online tool that delivers CIW course review questions. This tool is based on research in learning and memory, and it delivers an accelerated teaching solution that reduces training time and boosts retention of material in the learner's memory to provide 100-percent mastery of all content.

Movie Clips provide supplementary instruction in a multimedia format, and enhance the coursebook narrative and labs.

Online Practice Exams consist of different exams, drills, quizzes and reviews designed to help assess knowledge on specific objectives and reinforce learning.

Note: Hard copies of the Self-Study Guide are available for purchase by students in the Americas, Western Europe, Australia, and Oceania only. International students who order the electronic version of the course will receive the electronic (non-printable) online version of the Self-Study Guide.

Key Features & Benefits:

The only Web Foundations Associate complete self-study product available today!

The CIW Web Foundations Associate Career Track provides foundational technology skills and knowledge that are useful in many career fields. This track teaches you the skills for entry-level technical positions. It also provides a sampling of various IT careers for those who are still considering their career choices. This entry-level track gives you the foundation and flexibility to continue on to any of our other CIW Career Tracks.

CIW Web Design Career Track

Web site designers create the "look and feel" that visitors will see when they access a site on the World Wide Web. Web site designers determine the most effective site layouts, color schemes, navigational links and fonts to maintain visitor interest in the site. Site designers primarily establish the organization, mood and tone of the site relative to its content, with input from various parties (stakeholders, marketing, sales and IT departments).

CIW Web Development Career Track

Web application developers use Web programming languages and products to develop Web sites, generally for Web server applications. Web developers design, build and test the Web pages and hyperlinks that form the application. Web developers must be proficient in programming and scripting languages such as JavaScript, Perl, Java, C++ and others. They must also understand and implement database design skills to integrate the front and back ends of the application.

CIW Web Design & Development Career Track

A CIW Web Design & Development Professional is proficient in the major areas of Web site creation and management, including site design, application development and networking.. This proficiency in a wide array of skills gives CIW Web Design and Development Professionals many options in the job market.

CIW Web Security Career Track

The CIW Web Security series consists of one CIW course and corresponding CIW certification exam, plus two more advanced CIW credentials that you can obtain by earning additional certifications from third-party security and networking training providers. Web security professionals perform a variety of security tasks, depending on the job role and level of advancement.

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Course Mastery

is an online tool that delivers CIW course review questions. This tool is based on research in learning and memory, and it delivers an accelerated teaching solution that reduces training time and boosts retention of material in the learner's memory to provide 100-percent mastery of all content.